Frequently Asked Questions – OHIO Medical Cannabis Card

Patients are required to be a resident of Ohio and have at least one qualifying condition (see below) diagnosed by a physician. Call or text Green Health Docs at 614-269-3085 and we will gladly answer any of your questions!

All medical providers working with Green Health Docs are licensed and authorized to practice medicine in their respective states and are in full compliance with those state’s medical cannabis laws. They all possess an extensive, working knowledge of medical cannabis benefits.

Typically, once dispensaries open there becomes a huge influx of requests for patient registration and doctor visits with significant delays for both. At Green Health Docs, we encourage patients to get certified prior to this so that once dispensaries are open, our patients are able to go immediately to access product.

In addition, because it isn’t fair to charge you for time when the dispensaries aren’t open, your first year does not start until the first dispensary in Ohio opens so you end up paying no additional cost but get the added benefit of being certified ahead of time!

Caregivers provide a service for any patient (even those under 18) who cannot or does not wish to go to a dispensary to purchase their medical marijuana. Basically, a caregiver gets the medical marijuana for their patient and then transports it back to him/her. Caregivers are only appointed by patients, must be 21 years or older, and can be a family member. A patient is only allowed 2 caregivers and a caregiver can only provide services to 2 patients.

YES! All medical marijuana patients and their caregivers are required to register with the State Board of Pharmacy. At this time the patient registry is not available. Once available, we will post that link and help patients register over the phone or in person at one our clinic locations.

There are mandatory annual fees that patients and caregivers must pay to the Ohio Board of Pharmacy. The annual fee for a patient registration is $50. The annual fee for a caregiver registration is $25.

A patient or caregiver registration will be valid from the date of issuance and expire one year later, on the last day of the month it was issued. If the patient is diagnosed as terminally ill, the patient’s registration will expire after six months.

NO! The law prohibits the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, as well as Ohio licensed dispensaries, from making personal identifying information public. Physicians and those employed by dispensaries will be able to verify a patient or caregiver’s registration.

Medical marijuana will be available from retail dispensaries licensed by the Board of Pharmacy. Once the Board of Pharmacy has completed its dispensary licensing process dispensary locations will be made available through this site. Our Green Health Docs website will continuously update our Ohio Dispensary Map (https://greenhealthdocs.com/dispensary-map-ohio/) as dispensaries begin to open!

The following forms of medical marijuana are permitted: oils, tinctures, plant material, edibles and patches. The law prohibits the use of medical marijuana by smoking or combustion, but does allow for vaporization (vaping). The law prohibits any form that is attractive to children

The amount of medical marijuana possessed by a registered patient or caregiver must not exceed a 90-day supply. Full details regarding a 90-day supply can be found in Ohio Administrative Rule 3796:8-2-04.

NO! At this time, in order to access medical cannabis in Ohio, you must be a patient in the Ohio medical cannabis program. (This may change over time, however, and reciprocity with other states is an eventual goal per the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program.)

As a legal marijuana patient, you are protected and hence the reason to get legal now! Patients do not have to disclose that they possess medical cannabis and do not have to consent to a search. However, if a search is conducted and medical cannabis is found, the patient should inform the police that he/she is a medical cannabis patient.

Remember! We’re here to answer any question

Call or text us at 614-269-3085 to ask us anything about this process!